Steering-gear for automobiles.



PATENTE!) FEB. 20, 1906.

J-. WARRINGTON. l STEERING GEAR FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1904.

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'No.'almss J.. WARRINGTON. STEERING GEAR FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 29, 1904.

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fl'ailo of im outoniohiio pi'ovitiod with vas ' fir/H wif/om 'ifi/ff.,3o it known that i Citizen of ne Unito@ Statit indi u anopolis, in tix-ocount '1i imitatie of' indiana, have il ad ayt-ain new and useful impl.'mionts .for Automobiles, o which thofoiiowi ig aspect finition.

1n the opemtion of ontonioieiios i essmy that they@ oo pi'aoti mii tionbemvoon time ste@ ofod Wheels in oio f Stosoiui'o control of t .Y

ohamoto Uniti; sii. iy adjusted in oio may ai dii times be IThooooompmiying invontion.

' ro is n. side 'oievaition of the main improved Steering appnfaus,

' is it pion Wfud wheel boing onu o.. 2

(mi (iota-iii oi" 'thooonnccnoii bfftwoon the rateo"- ing-lmnriio shot?:md tifo first iofifoi. z

iS n sootion on lino 5 5 iii 5 is :i danni of the zicig'us'tithiowo1zi'i-` hooi.

, l@ i tho stoefinti'uotion now to ho dosoribed, mistommy to nosh, wit

mental Worin-fvwm* oi i l' ho.. iomoj fz-onstiootion; hut noiosi;provision is modo for taking up wom' of those two parts thoi'o isoonsidoiaiiio lost motion after :i short poiiofi of nso, and px'oiiionhns hoiotoioi'o ufsnaiyhoon initio hy which they iiitzmco boton sentons.couid hv mijnsted in oi'iio io up this iost moiro i m iiiiiiiiiw., Aitoioonffifiion eb. .20, 19Go.

rios o. thioadod mijusting-boit 17, lying at righ logies the :uns oi thehub. Rising ahw/o lino uppef face oi the Flange 3.4 sind f-uii i@ iS :3icontrai boss i3", which forms part of t '1a hu.; Feovod upon this boss13 is a. second huh n'iemior 18, provided :it one .Sido with a segmentalflange 19, Corrospond ing exact/ijf to the iange 14, and rivetod orotherwise suitably sec'urodto this ''iango is a. womi-whoei segment 20of tho some chintcim' the Segment 16 and mating there* he pinne oijonction between the two oei soffimnts heini; profoibiy inmiyfvithioiution to the shaft 10. Hi( AS oasi-ies also :in arm 21, adapted tocoopomto with 'the :um 113. Arm 2 provided with. a. boia in iin@ with.adjustingscrew i7, omi arranged in this boro is a, cushioningspriiig,22, (seo dotted lines, Fig. 3,) 'provided with i, Cap 23, a'riin'igedto 'oe engaged hy tho inner end of adjustingcrow 1? In orf or to hoidthe two ports togethor, fi' provid@ :i pair of hoits 24, which passthrough suitzihlo slotted openings formed through tho arms i6 and 21 andtiiiough the flanges 3.4 and i9.

in opemtion any lost motion may ho when up by im oiijusti .onli-o1 the:ii-,row i7, thus swinging the two vi'oTm-whooi segments i6 and. 2G andoffsetting the tooth of ono .stegmont with oiirtfon to tho otho,uioziiiy Shown in Fig. 5. "Tho gimitost wom'. takes placa of omu'sa :itabout tho nxiiidio oi the wcumfwhooi segmoms, and zi'ftoi this wool istaken up by o'sotting tho tooth thor@ would he it possibility ofcramping the worm in tho worm-wheel sogmonts 'if for any reason amovement oi' tho steering mechanism goatei' than 'oustonmfy is desired.With tho construction shown, however, Soon as tho worin il is for/Jedbot/Woon. tffroth which nire oi'sot oo much the two'sogmonts will. viohi,by .reason of the cushion N and the opil" v vx d, 'tion o1' this;potion o the device bocomos as Eroe and om any othoi. portion.

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